Writing pen with built-in facility for creating an embossed and metallic coated surface under-layer for signature, to secure originality

ABSTRACT

The writing pen creates a background of metallic coated under-layers embossed with strings of impressions on a writing medium. The pen comprises a cartridge with a removable cap connected to the non-writing end of the pen. The cartridge acts as a cylindrical housing for a replaceable sub-cartridge, which stores a coating substance. An out-feeding roller is rotatably disposed, in proximity with the sub-cartridge to receive the coating substance. An intermediate roller is rotatably disposed to receive the coating substance from the out-feeding roller for onward transmission to an embossing and metal coating roller. The embossing and metal coating roller has projections on its surface and is rotatably disposed in the cylindrical housing to generate a unique string of repeated impressions in quick succession on a writing medium. The rollers meshed together to form a gear train to provide a cumulative radial drive to the embossing and coating roller.

BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY

This invention relates to a writing pen having a built-in facility bythe use of which it will be possible to create a special backgroundlayer of thin metallic paste (example—gold paste) along with miniatureembossed symbols (example—company logo) on paper, so that thisunder-layer will be used as a background for a signature, by simplysigning over it in the normal way by use of the pen.

When a signature has this background of, say, gold along with aminiature embossing on the same, it will prove the originality of thesignature, because even the most advanced colour photo-copying or anyother advanced scanning or other method cannot reproduce the signaturewith exactly the same background because the correct golden colour ofthe actual gold metallic paste will not be reproduced and the miniatureembossed symbols, etc. will appear in contrast to the other portions ofthis background layer, when taking into consideration any reproductionmethod has to use light reflected off the original surface and such willshow embossed portions in contrast as light gets scattered differentlycompared to the rest of the plain surface. These background changes willnot prevent the exact reproduction of the actual signature on theoriginal signed using a normal writing pen, thus ensuring clarity of thesignature in all reproduced copies.

This invention achieves the above-mentioned additional built-in facilityby incorporating a metal cartridge assembly consisting of several partsinto the non-used end of the body of a standard writing pen. Thiscartridge has a cap, which when removed will expose a roller, which willbe used to apply the above-mentioned under-layer on any paper. Once thislayer is applied on the paper as desired, the cap is put back and theother end of the pen, which is similar to any standard pen is used inthe normal way to sign on this pre-prepared layer.

This results in guaranteeing the security of the original signature,which in turn will guarantee the originality of the document carryingthis signature, whenever and wherever copies of the original are made byany of the several advanced copying methods available.

Additionally, this background could also be used to write over them anycritical information, which needs to be secured from being altered andcopied in the case of any document or letter (example—the value of anitem the delivery date, the time, etc.)

One of the main objects of this invention is to provide people with asimple and easy method by which both the sender and the receiver of awritten communication can ensure the authenticity and correctness ofsuch information in spite of the possibility of malpractices andmisrepresentation increasing with more and more advancements being madein the technology of the reproduction of written communication.

In this digital age, to make optimum use of the IT revolution, it willbecome imperative sooner than later for every one to think globally andmake maximum use of the existing and future developments expected in thefield of facilities, such as the internet, e-commerce, e-business,e-governance, e-banking etc., etc.

One of the basic requirements for the above will be for an individual tohave a foolproof global identity, which is possible only by assigning adefinite 15-digit number by a single global source. The roller describedin this invention can accommodate 16 digits.

Once the number is assigned, there will be a need for the individual toreproduce this exact number in each and every one of his dealings withsociety. There must be an absolutely fool-proof method to ensure this,especially keeping in mind that it will be impossible for anyone toreproduce this number exactly every time from memory. Theabove-described invention having the engraved roller built into thewriting pen ensures this.

Another aspect to be absolutely made sure is that the above-mentioned 15digit global identity of an individual will be used only by thatparticular individual and by no one else, intentionally or otherwise.The global ID can become valid only when it is in combination with theindividual's superimposed signature. The above-mentioned inventionhaving both the pen and the roller arrangement facilitates this.

Another aspect to be ensured is that first hand reproduction of thisglobal identity by the individual shall be distinctly different from anycopy of the same made by the use of any presently available or futurecopying/scanning techniques. With the use of the above-mentionedinvention, the originals as well as the copies will themselves beproclaimed as the original or copy.

Another aspect to be ensured is that there is a foolproof possibility ofscanning by electronic means the 15 digits global identity without anyambiguity whatsoever.

Repeated embossed impressions of the global on pre-determined standardgold background is possible by using the said invention.

It can be foreseen that this invention, a writing pen with a built-infacility to create an embossed and metallic coated under-layer forsignature to secure originality, can become a very effective tool forempowering the digital revolution.

As technology connected with photocopying/scanning and other means ofreproduction of original documents is continuously advancing, manyattempts have been made in several ways to differentiate the originalfrom their reproduction in one form or another.

Most of the approaches aim at various methods of printing on paper byusing special inks or printing using heat-sensitive invisible ink words,such as “void” or “copy” on the original which will show-up on thecopies when reproduced or by making use of light gray ink to printcertain portions on the document so that the contrast with the whitepaper background is so lessened that it is not possible to be picked-upin a copy when reproduced (Note—in this case, a person receiving a copyand who has never seen the original will not be in a position tocomprehend what is actually missing to identify it as an original or acopy). Some use reflective inks, which distort light in severaldirections so the copies will not be legible, etc. In other words, mostmethods serve the purpose by creating a situation where the wholedocument or a part of it cannot be copied.

One must take into consideration that any document is a writtencommunication originating from a person to another person or persons(from 2 persons to a million people or more!) and the main purpose of adocument is to convey a message from the originator to the person orpersons receiving the message.

Naturally, the more the number of persons the message is addressed to,more copies of the documents need to be made and, if this is notpossible by simple means, such as photocopying, the very purpose of thedocuments gets negated. Here, it should be mentioned that the veryproliferation of photocopying and more advance systems coming into themarket itself is proof that documents need to be copied with all itscontents as clearly as possible to serve its main purpose.

Now coming to the important features of any document, it should beaddressed to someone, it should have some message/information, and itmust have the signature of the originator.

The value of any documents even though it may appear to be in itscontent and the purpose it is meant to serve, a deeper understandingwill clearly show that whatever important content it may have theimportance really is imparted to the document only on it being signed bythe originator. Significantly, the signature is what superimposes theauthority/power/wealth of the originator onto the document.

The responsibility for a document whatever its content may be naturallyrested on the originator once he affixes his signature on it.

All documents will carry a content, which possibly could be alteredwithout leaving any clear trace of alteration noticeable by human eye.This becomes a case of the original itself being tampered with andmostly could be noticed by an expert and with special equipmentavailable for the purpose.

Another recent, easier, and almost foolproof method is by using thelatest advancement in scanning and copying techniques to selectivelyalter the contents and also superimpose signatures.

Another misuse of documents is the passing of the copies of the originalas the original document.

Coming to the point of which portion of the document does a personinvariably look to identify an original or a copy or a fake and alsoassign importance to the document, everyone will agree that one portionof the document, which everyone's eye focuses more than any otherportion of the document will be the signature.

So keeping the above-mentioned requirements in mind, an ideal situationwill be to find a means by which the signature of the originator will beon a background, which will be of a color and pattern, which will beuniversally understood easily and, when the document gets copied orreproduced by other means, the color and pattern of the above-mentionedbackground will change without affecting the clarity of the signature onit.

It will be most ideal when this background could easily be applied andalso have the flexibility to be applied at the point of the end of thedocument (which may be at any portion of the paper) where normally asignature will be located.

It will be still more ideal if the background itself is applied by theconcerned person signing the document so that he will be the one to havethe power of deciding which document will require such security of beingcopy-able with clarity but needs to be distinctly differentiated fromthe original.

Here, it can be mentioned that if the originator of the document sodesires or decides that there are certain definite words, sentences, orcharacters in the documents which needs as much security as thesignature than these could also have the above-mentioned background andthose words, sentences, or characters can be handwritten on theabove-mentioned background by the originator.

Even a more ideal situation will be when the originator, who under allcircumstances needs to have a pen to sign the documents also uses thesame pen with ease to create this background whenever the originator sochooses.

A still more ideal situation will be when the background layer iscreated using a unique and prestigious material, which has a universallyrecognizable colour, texture and uniformity of the same kind controlledand regulated by one universal body, such as the World Gold Council. Thematerial will also add literally “value” to the document and add morereason for preserving the same. A material uniquely qualified to leave alasting impression will naturally be gold. The original metallic colourof, say, 22 carat gold cannot be copied by any of the present colourphotocopying and other present or future processes expected to bedeveloped.

Add to this the possibility of miniature emblems or other marks beingsimultaneously embossed on the surface as this golden background isbeing applied, which again will show-up on the copies distinctly ascontrast to the changed colour of the original gold coating backgroundon the original document and add to this the possibility of everyindividual applying this background with a unique pattern of his owndepending on how the person chooses to hold the pen as well as makingthe strokes, in fact, the background will be as unique andindividualistic as the signature itself.

After all, there is a trend of people in power and people of wealthcarrying very costly and exclusive pens for signing documents, etc.,even though, unfortunately, at present there is no way an exclusive pencan leave its mark on the signature. So, a $10,000 pen or a $1 pen willleave an identical signature of ink on the paper.

Any document of any significance will naturally have a sufficientlybuilt-in worth and so no one will mind spending, say, a few dollars ofgold paste to create a special background layer for the signature, whichwill greatly enhance the uniqueness and security of that document.

This invention relates to a writing pen with a built-in facility tocreate an embossed and metallic coated under-layer for signature, tosecure originality. The pen is provided at the rear end with a rollercartridge arrangement in the form of a cartridge, which isattached/connected in any conventional manner to the body of the pen.This cartridge houses the coating substance in a replaceablesub-cartridge and a roller arrangement. The coating substance is a pastemade of metals such as gold, which has appropriate qualities to ensurequick drying, non-peeling, clarity, and compatibility with an inksignature and is provided in a container in the form of a replaceablesub-cartridge inside the main cartridge. The main cartridge is acylinder made of suitable material housing, an assembly of anembossing-cum-coating roller arrangements and a means to store anduniformly supply the coating substance to the coating roller. Thereplaceable cartridge is a cylinder made of a suitable substance ofsuitable dimension to be attached in any conventional form inside themain cartridge and to store the coating substance. The rollerarrangement consists of a main embossing, a metal coating roller, anintermediate rollers and an out-feeding roller situated in the cartridgesuch that they are in radial contact in succession. The main embossingand metal coating roller is made of a wear resistant hard material withcharacters or symbols engraved on the periphery and comes in contactwith the paper to create miniature embossed symbols or characters. Theintermediate roller is made of a flexible material such as Vulcanrubber, which transfers the coating substance from the out-feedingroller to the main embossing and metal coating roller uniformly. Theout-feeding roller is made of a suitable metal, which transfers thecoating substance from the replaceable sub-cartridge to the intermediateroller.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 depicts the writing pen according to an embodiment of the presentinvention with an built-in facility to create an embossed andmetal-coated under-layer.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the metal cartridge of the writingpen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 depicts the metal cartridge along with some portion of the penbody in the form of a cross-sectional view in a different plane of thearrangement.

FIG. 4 provides two enlarged views of the embossing roller with thedesired miniature projections.

FIG. 5 depicts the sub-cartridge along with the metal paste out-feedingroller and a part of its gear train.

FIG. 6 is a representative picture of the metal coated and embossedunder-layer on a paper as a writing medium.

FIG. 7 depicts in a representative way the appearance of a signaturemade on the embossed and metal coated under-layer.

FIG. 8 depicts in a representative manner various individualisticpatterns as required for applying the embossed and metal-coatedunder-layer on paper by use of the appropriate pen strokes by the user.

FIG. 9 depicts the same cross-section as in FIG. 2 but with theembossing-cum-coating roller having projections in the form of numeralsand letters instead of symbols.

FIG. 10 is a representative picture of the metal coated embossedunder-layer on paper as in FIG. 6 but the embossed under-layer hasminiature embossed characters in the form of a series of letters andnumbers.

FIG. 11 depicts in a representative manner the appearance of a signaturemade on the embossed and metal coated under-layer as shown in FIG. 10.

FIG. 12 is two enlarged views of the embossing-cum-coating roller as inFIG. 4 but with the projections on the roller in the form a series ofnumbers and letters instead of symbols.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure provides a writing pen to create a background ofmetallic coated under-layers embossed with strings of impressions on amedium facilitating signature. The embodiments of the presentapplication are explained by referring to the accompanied drawings.

Initially by referring to FIG. 1, a writing pen of the presentdisclosure is shown with an built-in facility to create an embossed andmetal coated under-layer for signature, to secure originality. Numeral 9is the normal writing end of the pen. The main body 10 of the pen isshown having the built-in facility in the form of a metal cartridge 11,which is situated at the non-writing end.

The internal construction of the cartridge 11 of the pen of anembodiment of the present invention is now described by referring toFIG. 2. A portion of the non-writing end of the main body 10 of the penis also shown in cross-section giving a clear picture of the threads 19used for the fixing of the cartridge 11 to the main body 10 of the pen.In FIG. 2, the cartridge 111 is shown with its cap 12 removed. Thecartridge 11 is made up a cylindrical housing 18, which houses variousparts inside it, and the cap 12, not shown in this Figure. Numeral 14 isthe main embossing and metal coating roller, which projects out of thehousing 18. Numeral 15 is the intermediate roller made of a flexiblematerial such as Vulcan rubber, etc. Numeral 17 is the sub-cartridgecontaining the metal paste along with the metal paste out-feeding roller16. The three rollers 14, 15 and 16 are situated on shafts 24 such thatthey are in radial contact in succession. The gear-train 20 interlinksthe three above-mentioned rollers.

When the main roller 14, is made to roll on the paper in the form of apen stroke, it applies a fast drying thin coat of metal paste along withan embossing effect caused by the miniature projections 21 in the formof symbols, etc. These projections 21 also cause positive rollingmovement of the roller 14, which in turn will cause the gear-train 20 tofunction causing the intermediate roller 15, as well as the metal pasteout-feeding roller 16 of the sub-cartridge 17 to rotate in a relativerotary movement transferring the metal paste progressively onto thepaper.

FIG. 3 shows the metal cartridge 11 along with some portion of the penbody 10 in the form of a cross-sectional view in a different plane ofthe arrangement. The cap 12 in cross-section can be clearly seen in thisFIG.

The constructional features of the embossing and metal coating roller 14are now explained by referring to FIG. 4. The embossing and metalcoating roller is provided with miniature projections 21 to cause theembossing effect on the paper. This FIG. also shows in a representativemanner the shapes possible for these miniature projections to leave anexclusive type of embossing on the paper as required.

The construction of the sub-cartridge 17 with out-feeding roller 16 isnow described by referring to FIG. 5. The sub-cartridge 17 acts as ahousing for the out-feeding roller 16. The out-feeding roller isprovided with a gear-train 20 to effect a meshing arrangement with theintermediate roller 15. The sub-cartridge 17 contains the appropriatemetal paste with a self-ejecting arrangement and will out-feed the metalpaste as required by means of the out-feeding roller 16 mentioned above.

Now, by referring to FIG. 6, a representative picture of the embossedunder-layer 22 achieved by using the writing pen according to anembodiment of the present invention is shown.

The appearance of the signature 23 in a representative manner made onthe embossed and metal coated under-layer 22 is shown in FIG. 7.

Now by referring to FIG. 8, various individualistic patterns as requiredcan be created while applying the embossed and metal coated under-layeron the paper by use of appropriate pen strokes by the user, as shown.

The creation of embossing in the form of numerals and letters by usingthe embossing and metal coating roller 14 of the writing pen, accordingto an embodiment of the present invention, is shown in FIG. 9.

FIG. 10 shows a representative picture of the metal coated embossedunder-layer 22 on paper, as in FIG. 6, but the embossed under-layer hasminiature embossed characters in the form of a series of letters andnumbers.

FIG. 11 shows in a representative manner the appearance of a signature23, made on the embossed and metal coated under-layer 22, as shown anddescribed in FIG. 10.

FIG. 12 shows the enlarged two views of the embossing-cum-coatingroller, as in FIG. 4, but with the projections on the roller being inthe form of a series of numbers and letters instead of symbols, as givenin FIG. 4.

1. A writing pen for creating a background of metallic coatedunder-layers embossed with strings of impressions on a writing medium,said pen comprising: (a) a cartridge with a removable cap connected tothe non-writing end of said writing pen, said cartridge is disposed tofunction as a cylindrical housing, (b) a replaceable sub-cartridge forstoring a coating substance, said sub-cartridge is housed in saidcylindrical housing, (c) an out-feeding roller rotatably disposed insaid cylindrical housing, in proximity with the sub-cartridge to receivethe coating substance, (d) an intermediate roller rotatably disposed insaid cylindrical housing, said intermediate roller is disposed toreceive the coating substance uniformly from the out-feeding roller foronward transmission, (e) an embossing and metal coating roller havingprojections on its surface, said embossing and metal coating roller isrotatably disposed in said cylindrical housing, and (f) wherein theout-feeding, intermediate, and embossing and metal coating rollersmeshed together to form a gear train to effect a relative rotarymovement when the embossing and metal coating roller is moved over thewriting medium and to transmit the coating substance onto the embossingand metal coating roller, wherein said embossing and metal coatingroller is further disposed to generate a unique string of repeatedimpressions in quick succession on the writing medium.
 2. The writingpen of claim 1, wherein the coating substance is a substance that isquick drying, non-peeling, clear and compatible with ink.
 3. The writingpen of claim 2, wherein the coating substance is gold.
 4. The writingpen of claim 1, wherein the out-feeding, intermediate, and embossing andmetal coating rollers have independent gears that are in radial contactwith each other.
 5. The writing pen of claim 1, wherein the out-feedingroller is made of a suitable metal disposed to protrude out of thesub-cartridge and to transfer the coating substance from thesub-cartridge to the intermediate roller.
 6. The writing pen of claim 1,wherein the intermediate roller is a soft rubber roller to transfer thecoating substance from the out-feeding roller to the embossing and metalcoating roller.
 7. The writing pen of claim 6, wherein the intermediateroller is made of vulcan rubber.
 8. The writing pen of claim 1, whereinthe main embossing and metal coating roller is made of a wear resistanthard material with characters or symbols engraved on its surface, tocause a unique string of miniature impressions on the writing medium. 9.The writing pen of claim 1, wherein the writing medium is a paper or anymedium compatible with writing in ink and metallic embossing.